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95061

ZIP 95061 is in Santa Cruz, California, in Santa Cruz County; area code 831; Pacific time. Santa Cruz has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 95060, 95062, 95063, 95064 and 95065.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Santa Cruz
Coordinates
36.9741, -122.0308

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 95060, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 95061 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 95061
  • 🔢 Type 95061 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgOSG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 95,061 = 3 × 31687. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111001101010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 95060 (Santa Cruz, CA, 4 mi away) and 95062 (Santa Cruz, CA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 95061 becomes 16059 — and that is a real ZIP code: Valencia, PA, 2,259 miles away.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01569, 01965, 06519, 09156, 09165, 10596, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09165 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,718 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 96%.
  • 🎯1,281 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 95061 and you would come out at 36.97°S, 57.97°E — 1,052 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments11This ZIP11
Employees68This ZIP68
Annual payroll$4,767,000This ZIP$4,767,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 95061

ZIPCityDistance
95063 Santa Cruz, CA 1.3 mi
95064 Santa Cruz, CA 2.0 mi
95062 Santa Cruz, CA 2.3 mi
95060 Santa Cruz, CA 4.0 mi
95010 Capitola, CA 4.2 mi
95065 Santa Cruz, CA 4.8 mi
95067 Scotts Valley, CA 5.4 mi
95041 Mount Hermon, CA 5.5 mi
95066 Scotts Valley, CA 6.5 mi
95073 Soquel, CA 7.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 95061?

95061 is in Santa Cruz, California, in Santa Cruz County, part of the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.9741, -122.0308.

What county is 95061 in?

95061 lies in Santa Cruz County.

What area code is 95061?

Santa Cruz uses area code 831, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 95061 in?

95061 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 95061?

The closest are 95063 (1.3 mi), 95064 (2 mi), 95062 (2.3 mi), 95060 (4 mi) and 95010 (4.2 mi).

Is 95061 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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